With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.